United States · 1991–2020 normal

Prudhoe Bay in
May.

Typical May weather in Prudhoe Bay: -1.1°C by day, -6.9°C at night, 10 mm of rain over 3 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high-1.1°C
Typical low-6.9°C
Rain10 mm
Wet days3

Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 39). Daylight is calculated as 22 h 54 from latitude 70.26°. Open-water sea temperature is -1.4°C (13 km from the place centre).

Event window

Long daylight in May

Calculated mid-month daylight is 22 h 54 at 70.3°. This is solar geometry, not a station reading.

Event window

Frost-level nights in May

The measured night-time normal is -6.9°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 5872126
NOAA station
USS0048V01S · Prudhoe Bay
Station distance
8.9 km from the place centre
Coverage
Good coverage · 16 usable years
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.